Sette Giugno

Sette Giugno

On the 7th of June in Gozo & Malta it is a public holiday, that commemorates the 1919 riots of the Maltese people against British rule. The Maltese people demanded representative government on the island and were subsequently granted a Constitution in 1921. The day also serves to honour and remember the four people who were killed when British troops fired their weapons into the crowd. Malta remained under British rule until its independence in 1964.